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THE INDIANOLA ENTERPRISE
VOL. 4 NO. 50.
INDIANOLA, OKLAHOMA. ?\U DAY, SKPTKMm'.R 1, 1!
SIME NEWS ELECTIH UW HE1D Mil
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moth#
Bite* Readebs
father guilty of incest
!M)S.
WHOLE NO. 232
NO MORE SEARCH WARRANTS
Pjrmer Near Ru«h Springs Denies Oklahoma City Justice Will Await Su-
Charge, However preme Court'* Decmon
CHICKASHA Concluding the most) OKLAHOMA CITY Unit 8a forced
sensational trial ever held in ajto do by the supreme court, it is un-
Chickasha court, a jury returned a j,le'■stoo<l that Justice E. D. Old Arid
erdlct of guilty of incest against J. j w"' no' laaue any more search war-
M Renfro, a faruirr residing near i t^nts.
Rush Springs, whose daughter, now! ' Probably will hear what the su-
in a delicate condition, was his vie- l,rem« cour' has to say about the sub-
tim Her recitations before the Jury J**®1 a rtay or so, but until that time
of the story of Improper relations with j ' shall not make any statement for
her father, extruding back to a pe- Publication," said Justice Oldtleld.
riod when she was but 11 years old.j 's learned from an authoritative
was as pathetic as it was revolting,! source that Justice Otdfletd does not
*nd many people left the court room state that he will not issue any more
Renfro has for some time been sus-! Rearch warrants because of a desire
pectod Of Improper relations with the! not to carry out the law, but because
*irl. but no complaint w-as made un*; believes that It is a very ineffective
til the girls' condition warranted. Reu ,vav to go after the violators of the
fro declared on the witness stand that | Prohibition law-
he was not guilty, that he is being' • —
persecuted by his family, and that UNDER "BILLUPS BOOZE"
thi« Is a scheme to get rid of him. i
— Enforcement Attorney'Wants $641,000
SUSTAINS BOND IUSUE From Owners of Joint Property
| SAPULPA: Suits aggregating |641t-
Logan County Judge Says the $1,400.- °00 were filed In the district court
000 Issue All Right | here by Fred S. Cal dwell, of Oklahoma
GUTHRIE: A H Huston, judge of j ^ "v' sI>ecial enforcement attorney
the Logan county district court has! ,''"ier sta,e Dispensary Agent Lozler.
given an opinion sustaining, in the
main, the validity of the stale issue
or bonds to the amount of $1,400,000
to fund the indebtedness of the state
and territory. The only feature, out
of a number which were attacked,
upon which Judge liuston passed ad
versely is th
against seven business men of Sapul
pa, who are alleged to have leased
their property to persons engaged In
the unlawful sale of Intoxicating li-
quor. The suits are based upon a
provision of the Rlllups law, and are
similar to those fi)ed in Enid a few
weeks ago. District Clerk J B Sum-
failure of the attorney j hM refused to Issue the neces-
ratr Tim . I,. Ra,v papers In the absence of
ys.r&r - —
given three days in which to amend I
the auditor's certificates now in their! only Part waM-r'nco/vr
possession In the event of their *RT WANT DEP0T
failure to do so they are entitled to -rU i. « ^
no order against the state treasurer B.ti' T^eshes 0ut Question
for the accrued interest on the bonds' OUTHRIK \
and must ; v the costs of the case. ™ controversy be-
The proceedings will be taken to ■ o ulsa
the supreme court for the final test.
PUTS IT UP TO CONGRESS
Judge Campbell Dismisses Indians'
Suit for Citizenship
MCALESTER:
M ALMTBR: Judge Ralph E. Camp- livelihood, others contending
bell of the United Slates court of the I would be a mile stone in the
over the
question of having a union depot in
that city was threshed out before the
j corporation commission recently. The
i citizens are much divided on the
!subject, some claiming that a union
depot will deprive about 40® people
in the town of their sole means of
that It
-astern district of Oklahom
all uslug
W. C. T. U. to Take a Hand
OKLAHOMA CITY Because
, - progress
, , . . , an;of the city. The case was takei un-
- laborate decision iias dismissed the'der advisement
suit brought by J. K Fleming and 11,-j Tulsa has Ave railroads
M0 claimants to citizenship in the I different depots
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations,'
against Governors McCurtain and
Johnson, the firm of Mansfield, Me-1 ,,ITV _ .
Murray & Cornish and Secretary of j members of'the local WomenTchris"
bell heM th" f' h ? " Cam'" U°n rpn'l)erance Union believe the of-
bell held that whatever might be the Actals are not doing their duty in re-
merits of the contentions of the com- ga|.d to the arrest of violators of the
plainants congress had sole power to j prohibition law. thev have decided to
tute the o f f U,'S 8?d '° C°nSt1'""K1" a crusade for liT enfor rment
right. «f Z i7d, °r Pa;ln,g 0n. thp P"t forth an effort to see^bat
rights or the Indians, and if any injus-; bootleggers
tice has been done the only relief can hended
come through congress.
•UPRtMf COURT OINIIt COL
TY SiAT INJUNCTIONS
PBKB CREEK IND LEHIGH G1SE5 OPNf
Constitutionality of Calnng Etecti
■•lore Bill Was Signed Question
—County Seat election Lew is S«
Executing
til THRIK. The supreme court, >
an opinion rendered in the Po<
< reek county seat election case, il-
held the constitutionality of the lsi
governing such elections passed $
the legislature. The injuncti4
sought by the petitioners was denier
In another similar case, where le-
high was the petitioner, the sal#
judgment obtained
In the recent election in Graf
county, Medford was successful cj
the face of the returns over Pot|
Creek Attorneys for the latter tow
Immediately began proceedings I
court charging that the law undf
which the election was conducted w>
unconstitutional, that the governor^
proclamation calling tbe election w^i
contrary to law on the ground thflt
the election was called March l|,
while the bill under which the elec-
tion was held was not approved b|r
the governor until April 17 Oth<*
charges of irregularities were preferr-
ed The petition for the election, filed
previous to the approval of the law,
was also held to be Illegal.
The opinion, written by Associate
Justice Dunn, fully concurred In,
slates that the portion of the consti-
tution providing for county seat elec-
tions Is self-executing; that the peti-
tion for the election, Hied with the
governor prior to the signature which
made the legislative act a law. does
not depend on the bill for force and
legality.
The new law is held not to be spe-
cial, but general. That the statute re-
quiring registration as a nrei-e«,>.i«iu
for exercising the privilege of fran-
chise is not In violation of the four-
teenth amendment of the federal con-
stitution is another point emphasized.
MUST SHUN POLITICS
Federal Officers Warned Against Per-
nicious Activity in Campaign
WASHINGTON: The postofflce
has just promulgated an order rela-
tive to political activity In the federal
service, addressed to the officers and
employes of the postofflce and poetal
service.
The order renews official prohibi-
tion of pernicious activity, and cites
the postmaster general's order of
June 6, 1907. This gives the presi-
dent's amendments to the civil ser
vice rules, which prohibit persons In
the executive civil service from using
official authority or influence for the
IN «1LP OCFINM
Wm
H Murrey Make. Statement Re
far ding Labor Attack
.QTITHRIE Speaker Wm. H. Mur-
ray has recently lsued a circular let-
ter in reply to the resolutions adopt
ed at the state federation of laboi
meeting at Ardmore last month, it
*hich he was condemned as being aa
•aran to labor organisations H«
makes a denial of the churge and it
his letter saya he voted In the affirm
• tlve on every question that he be
Ii >ed of a general benefit to labor
snd refer* his assailants to the jour
na ■■ ef the house as pruof uf (his
His opposition to the child labor
law ii based upon his
enre and personal observation
tht question Mr Murray says I
A*°°d In the constitutional convention
and have slnrr. for laws that would
prohibit the working or children In
factories, mines, and other dangerous
employment, which by reason of their
tender years would expose their lives
to great danger, and I believe In pro-
hibiting the working of children In
places which will corrupt their morals
and these provisions went Into the
constitution But beyond this tbe lar-
gest discretion must be left with the
parent All civilization and experl-
TWENTY-EIGHT DIE
IE
Fire in Halley-Ola Mine No. I at Hailey-
ville Caused l>y Oil Explosion Sets
I4 ire to the Whole Mine
ior',pon Men in Attempt to Rescue Were Driven
Back by Heat and Smoke—The
Dead M ostly Foreigners
HAII.KYVILI.K Twenty-eight dead
bodies were taken from the Halley-
Ola Mine No 1, and only one man
now Is kuown to be missing He Is
Tom Itienum
Nineteen of the corpses wer« found
In the sixth level. Wulter Joinm waa
Imprisoned under a pile of slate which
had caved In from the heal Not une
enre has demonstrated that this par- ' IU4n who dl'' no' i*ke an Immediate
ntal discretion should be left unhani
pered I am one of those wo believe
thai the best reiired men and women
are those wo aro trained to their
wotU in their clldhood. Parental dls-
•■cape aftei the first alarm survived
The known and Identified deutt are:
Alex floss, Louis Manilc, Joe T"obac-
ehle. W || Parker, J utiles 8e dluu,
Joe (llacomo, Dan Olaconio, Sr., Kick
cipline, obedience to parental govern Olaconio, Walter Jones, Qeorxo {lien-
ment and parental chastisement along
with moral precepts, mental and phy-
sical labor, and self denial must go to-
gether to make up the real intelligent
and useful citizen No law should be
passed to discourage industry and
thrift."
"Very soon the laws will be print-
ed," says Mr Murray, "and the lour
nals ready for distribution, and all I
ask is that the laboring men them
selvfts read the laws, read the pages
of tbe journals that relate to these
laws at the time, and observe my vote
on each of them, and the amend-
ments offered by me, and then make
up their verdict as to whether I was
aa-ultilo snd honest, or their delegates
were wrong and false In passing Iflr
Ardmore resolution."
denliig, Lewis Lewis, Lee
Roy Pierce, Ross Melton,
Karuko, Dominic Marlclno,
Webster, Mick Yocablch.
Harney,
Andrew
Robert
VYIllle
to TEST SCHOOL LAW
Treasurer of Negro School Board
Seeks to Enjoin Its Enforcement
JUTHRIE: The validity of the Sep-
I . tn school law, passed by the last
legislature, requiring separate boards
to bo elected by the whites and ne-
groes in each district, is attacked in
an Injunction suit filed 111 the district
court here. The suit is brought by
D. B Caver, who was elected treas
urer of the negro board for school
district No. 90, of Logan county at a
meeting held on July 28, in accord
ance with the new law. He seeks to
enjoin Isaac Jones and Oeorge Ett-
woods, the other two members of the
negro board, and Maud Overstreet, ,
the teacher whom they have employ-
ed, from attempting to conduct s
Biuitli, Leno Klsher, Richard It t own.
Anton Delmonlco, Jack Sauann. Kell
fltrsu, Joe Gallagher, John Me rrett,
Peter Schultz.
MCALESTER; Throe hundred feet
belov, the surface In the Halloy-OU
mine at Haileyville, In avenuim filled
with seething llaiues and sulToi-atlng
smoke, men, principally forolftnorn,
lost their liies early Wednesday
morning as a tesult of one of the
niosl disastrous accidents In the* Ills
tory of the southwestern mines,
A barrel of oil at tbe bottom of Ihe
holsttns' shsrr w s set on fire
one of the men was In the acl o( di-
viding It among Ihe men for u!e. In-
stantly a sheet of (lame enveloped the
shaft base and in a minute dense* vol-
umes of smoke were escaping to tile
surface. In half an hour the rrwrkle
preached the mouth of the death pit
of their loved ones and cried aid
moaned plteously In their an|ul«b.
One woman was taken away a maniac
over th« loss of a husband.
Haileyville is uear tbe renter of
the Oklahoma coal mining district.
More than a thousand men are em-
ployed in the mines and the mining
population is several thousand.
Th" accident was due it |s believed
to the lr< bl|lty of th< jan operating
the barrel of black oil to properly
tnsnage it. and not to carelessness. A
few men who were near the top of
the shaft observed the first flash of
flames from tbe base and saw th*
men rongregated there flee for their
ll es They ran back Into the long
channels, followed by dense streams
of black, suffocating smoke The crlea
of some were audible and tholr calls
for help were pitiable In the extreme.
There ure three openings to the
mine snd only an unusually large Bra
would have caused tbe suffocation of
lilt men
The Hailey-Ola was considered one
of the safest mines of the field. This
Is Its flrst disastrous lire. Last May
a year ago an explosion took place In
the mine and two men were killed.
The dead list occaaloned by the ag-
plosion In the Hailey-Ola mine No. 1
while has Increased to Iblrty-ona, with two
yet to be accounted for. The awful
l'enults composed of dead bodies of
workmen suffocated In tbe Are trap
were taken from the mine S00 feet
below the muuth of the mine.
It was explained that the lire and
purpose of Interfering with an elec- school by virtue of that election
and jolntlsts are appre-
Tomatoes a Valuable Crop
Sue Railroad for $49,000
fHtr'TCA'mA h a j M ALESTER: The largest damage
HICKASHA Six hundred dollars suit ever filed in this county was that
an acre is what Tom McGraw reports begun In the district court wherein the
as being the income from a patch ofl^'nor heirs ask damages to the
tomatoes. One and one-half dollars |amount of H9.000, for the killing of
per bushel was realized frnm the sale jtheir father, Raymond Atherton, by a
of the fruit, with but little expense in 'Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific corn-
gathering and marketing. pany's engine, two years ago
tion or the result thereof and declar-
ing that persons In the competitive jg also attacked'and" "it Is' claimed
civil service, while retaining the right that lt wag not y„t |(,Kil|ly ,n effcct
and roar of th«- underground flumps oxplonion was of minor consequetice
!•!'! U horrible story of death to hu- in ilseif, had not the miners ran Into
man lives and destruction toe very- 'tho vamp channels. The barrel low-
thlng inflammable. From anotlie i-on-! f,rpd into the shaft waa Ignited by a
trance to the mine, half a mile a way, j lamp on thf cap of on** of the work-
a party of minora who attempted nni'nRinen, and the (lames immediately
entrance on a rescue expedition werejH€*t Ore to the remainder of the mine,
checked by flames, smoke anil un- hut not so quickly as to prevent es-
beatable heat coming from the hii!>-
terranean furnace. I -—-
A miner who witnessed the disaster; BIDS ARE TOO HIGH
said. 1
After the oil had exploded Ihe Estimates Exceed Appropriations
whole mine immediately burn Into New Plans to be Drawn
flames and the :i<) or r, mirier* who j OUTHRIK: Plans for the dome*!-
hsd descended were fighting for r lielr ^t>i,,nr.„ ,,„n ,
live. There was no escapement shaft , " ' and boys «""«vatory
Slid with the flames rteachln* the " Agricultural and Mechanical
Thf emergency feature of the law hoisting shaft and the air shaft, there :rollf'Rt' rejected by the college
to vote as they please and to express
privately their opinions on all politi-
cal subjects, shall take no active part
in political campaigns.
The recent notice also quotes the
civil service commission s letter to
wa - no means of egress,
flames rolled out of the
Smoki' ami ''omnilttee of the state agricultural
top of the board. All estimates exceeded the
election was shaft that alarmed the entire village, j legislative approbations, J631)00 and
Men attempted to go Into the aliafts '*2."i,000, respectively. Prof Chanier
but were driven back by the h,.,t and at tbe head of the engineering depart'
smoke Wives and children anil «! ■ j meat of the school, was Instructed
. . , tBrj "n'i brothers and parents llockrdito prepare new nlans
an<? b"*Un ,h° ln-| 'round the smoking surface, and the | The allotment
at the time when' the
held.
Minister Dies in Pulpit
HOLDENVILLE: After having read
"""""""" - ,"rA: i
CO-INCIDENCE IN KILLINGS
Farmers Organize Traders' Association
GUTHRIE: Tbe Consumers' Trad-
Committed Same Time and Place, Vie. lnB Asociatlon of America, a farmers'
tima Share Funeral Ceremony organization having for its two main
MANGUM: David Downs was ac- Pllr!>osps the securing of goods used
(fuitted here Saturday of killing his antl consumed by the farmers at more
brother. Owen Downs, on grounds of
self-defense. The jury In the case of
J J. Beall, charged with the murder
of his father-in-law, j. w. Pickett, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of man-
•laughter.
greater severity In the penalty Impos-
ed for such violations, and embodies
a memorandum furnished bv the civil
service commission giving warning
against political assessments and par-
tisan activity of officeholders. The
postmaster general has directed that
the notice be posted conspicuously In
all offices of the department, all clas
sifled postoffices and offices of divi-
sion superintendents.
elder of the Holdenville district, M. dash Inlo^e ^1^°^ ^ ^ m,",ary « th*
E. church, south, was stricken with (rup the ropes and pulleys
apoplexy and fell prostrate upon the cen),|on into the mine.'
pulpit floor. He was unconscious In a
for
moment and died early the next
morning. The Rev. Mr. Mellen was
born In Natchez, Miss., June 10, 1849.
He studied law In the Natchez Insti-
tute. was admitted to the bar, prac-
ticed for 15 years and served twice
In the state legislature.
reasonable prices, and of obtaining _
fail and reasonable price for farm pro-
ducts. was chartered here by Asist-
ant Secretary of State Leo E. Meyers.
The association will organtze branch
i associations in various parts of Okla-
A strange coincidence in connection nnma
with these two trials is that the al- < .— .. .
leged murders were committed within rnTwmi.' r ° " !
twenty-four hours of each other and of 'n p r '' D °,u the ca"
in the aame community and the vie- Western railwiv c ' * Fort Sml'h *
tims were both buried in the same tountv COurt of^ I ? ttlB
cemetery, one ceremonv serving for „rpmp Logan county, the si>
both - B Pr«m<? co>ft denies the validity of *50,.
000 ln bonus notes given by the clti-
Convirted „# Bin,™,* 7'eDS °f Guthr,e to that railroad to s«-
qui pmiB n a fl , yT . Its building Into this city. Th.
SULPHUR: Dr. Samuel Johnson, officials of tbe railroad represented to
who marled a young woman In Davis the Guthrie people that they were he*
a few day. ago and was later charged Hating between Oklahoma City and
fcy a former wife with bigamy, has Guthrie as a terminus, when as a mat*
been convicted and sentenced to one ter of fact they had already let th4
year and one day In tb. penitentiary, contract for building the line into
His Mn declares that he has been mar- Guthrie and the court holds that thla
riod alao times. constituted fraud and false pr.tuiMa,
MASONS CANNOT ACT
to lege was approved. Announcuiueut
de- was made that this branch is to be
, u purely optional with the students,
A majority of the men who were who will not be compelled to parttci-
killed were foreigners and several of, pate lu the drills of war or wear the
them were married. Among the frw gray uniforms, recently adopted .'or
Americans lost one or two were mar-1 Mlf.mhr ru nt .i.
rl.d.
ficenei around the shaft openlor
were pathetic In the extreme. Many
relatives of the unfortunates
me-mbers of the class.
The commltttee decided to sell all
livestock on the farm at Stillwater in
the least Incapacitated and replace
!)• I this class with blooded stock.
Veteran Publisher Dead
POLAND SPRINGS. MR: George |
P. Rowell, of New York, prominent
for many yearB ln the newspaper ad- j
i .v,„ « | | . , vertlsing business, died Friday at the
L. Muldrow, of the Masonic lodge of , Q , , . , , ., I
nw,„i _ , Poland Springs hotel, following an 111- I
Oklahoma, ln response to the ques 1
Against Masonic Law to Accept State
Dispensary Agency
ATOKA: Deputy Grand Master H.
HOTELS MUST COMPLY
8h« «ti
tlop^an a master mason hold the po-
sition as local agent for the state dls
pensary and continue In good stand-
ing as a master Mason? says:
"It Is a violation of Masonic law. In
the spirit if not In the letter, for a
Mason to connect himself in any way
with the sale of intoxicating liquors.
It Is un-Masonlc for a Mason to en-
gage as local agent for the state dis-
pensary and charges should be pre-
ferred against him If he continues so
doing."
! ness of more than a month. George
Presbury Rowell was bcrn In Con-
cord, Vt., on July 4, 1838. In 1865 he
: founded the advertising agency of
Oeorge P. Rowell Sr Co., at Boston.
Two years later be removed to New
York and began the publication of
the American Newspaper Directory in
1869. In 1888 he established Print-
er's Ink, a weekly publication.
Ordered Bibles for the Jail
VINITA: District Judge J. L. Brown
iiri..- .. a . . * i ordered the sheriff of Craig county
hen this decision was reported to . • . . ... .
v ° to place not less than six nor mora
: than ten more bibles in the cotuty
| jail for the use of the prisoners. "Tbo
bible U the greatest factor in civili-
zation, and the upbuilding of society,
and especially to those unfortunate.
the grand lodge by the committee to
whom it was referred that committee
recommended its approval, and the
vote of the grand lodge was unani-
mous for Its approval.
Seven murder cases are to be
trlod ln the district court for Gar-
vin county which opens September 3.
Fir* Escapes and Nine-Foet
Must Se Provided
SHAWNEE: Every hotel of any
size ln the new state has lta coll
of rope banging by the windows Id
overy oor of its rooms, or If it his oo
ooll f rope there will be trouble
In Its vlelnlty when State Hotll In-
spector Dr. J. C. Mahr of Shiwnee
and hs force happen around.
' You may say for me," said Dr.
Mahr, "that under the Inspection ol
the hotels of the state by my office
force there will be no holocaust as
there have been In other states. FIrt
escapes and ropes must be on hand
*o that a blind man would have t
•how for escape in case of Are."
"The celebrated nine-foot iheet
low, or rather the statute which con
talned that law, went Into effect la.it
week. " According to Dr. Mahr th«
law Is purely a sanitary meiMure. A
NEGRO LNYCHED
who are confined in the county Jail.," ( nine-foot sheet will fold over the b«d-
says the order. "The county should clothes at tbe top and thereby pre-
furnish the orlaoners with good liter- I vent germs from reaching the mouth
*tur*- the person who sleeps under tb m.
Mob Takes Prisoner from Officer, and
Hangs Him
NASHVILLE, TENN.: A nogro
named George Johnson waa hanged
by a tnob at Murfreesboro, !i0 miles
south of hero Friday night. The ne
gro attempted to assault Miss Mor
rls seven miles from Murfreesboro.
He was captured and taken to Mur
freesboro. where the young lady l4oa-
tlfitvi him. and he confessed.
Soon after dark a large crowd sur-
rounded the Jail. Sheriff Primm had
a strong force on guard when the
mob prepared to dynamite the jail and
he attempted to get bis prisoner
aw ay to this city In a buggy with tw?
deputlea. About 400 yards from the
Jail the officers with the prisoner
were overtaken by tbe mob, the bug-
tr overturned, the deputies overpow-
ered and tbe negro swung up to a
nearby tree.
Oklahoma City will ercet * 1100
000 Y. M. C. A. building ir the
of ths promoters Is carried out
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